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CVE-2017-12780

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-12780 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting libebml2, mkclean, and mkvalidator. A remote attacker can trigger an invalid free and application crash by providing a specially crafted MKV file, requiring user interaction to process the malicious file. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), this vulnerability has a low exploitation probability, as there are no known public exploits, Metasploit modules, or Nuclei templates. Community discussion is minimal, and there is no evidence of active exploitation or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2012-08-26CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:matroska:libebml2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.8.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:matroska:mkclean:0.8.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:matroska:mkvalidator:0.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.42%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0242 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 26,219 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/144902/mkvalidator-0.5.1-Denial-Of-Service.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2017/Nov/19
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
github.com / Matroska-Org/foundation-source/issues/24
ExploitThird Party Advisory